Arlington vs Fishkill

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Fishkill: population, income, housing, and more.

Arlington and Fishkill are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arlington has the higher population (2,522 vs 2,193 in Fishkill). Fishkill has the higher median household income ($94,348 vs $82,983 in Arlington). Fishkill has the higher median home value ($280,400 vs $273,000 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Fishkill
Population	2,522	2,193
Median age	39.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,983	$94,348
Median home value	$273,000	$280,400
Median gross rent	$1,523	$2,295
Housing units	1,155	1,176
Homeownership rate	38.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Fishkill
Population	3,674 → 2,522 (-31.4%)	2,014 → 2,193 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $82,983 (+54.4%)	$78,750 → $94,348 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $273,000 (+35.2%)	$214,100 → $280,400 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,523 (+33.4%)	$1,826 → $2,295 (+25.7%)

Arlington

Population

3,6742,522

Median household income

$53,750$82,983

Median home value

$201,900$273,000

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,523

Fishkill

Population

2,0142,193

Median household income

$78,750$94,348

Median home value

$214,100$280,400

Median gross rent

$1,826$2,295

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Fishkill
Under 5	6.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	19.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.3%
75 and over	5.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Fishkill
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	72.9%
Black or African American	18.2%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Fishkill
No high school diploma	10.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Fishkill
Drove alone	62.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.3%
Public transit	3.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	8.5%
Other means	5.4%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Fishkill
1-unit, detached	31.2%	26.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	39.7%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	52.9%
20 or more units	14.4%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Fishkill
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.17	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1970	1976